2028 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Earth Monkey
Year of the Earth Monkey
Animal
🐒 Monkey
Element
Yang Earth
Cycle position
#9 of 12
About the 2028 Monkey year
- 2028 is a Yang Earth year — the Earth element colours the Monkey's nature with stability, patience, and practicality.
- The Monkey is the ninth of the 12 zodiac animals. The previous Monkey year was 2016 and the next is 2040.
- People born in the Year of the Monkey are traditionally seen as sharp, curious, and inventive. The Monkey is said to pair most harmoniously with the Rat, Dragon, Snake.
Best matches for the Monkey
Signs the Monkey is traditionally most compatible with.
- Rat
- Dragon
- Snake
Other Years of the Monkey
The same sign returns every 12 years.
Frequently asked
2028 is the Year of the Earth Monkey — a Yang Earth year. The animal sign is the Monkey, the ninth of the 12-animal cycle.
2028 carries the Earth element (Yang Earth). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Earth Monkey combination returns only once every 60 years.
Those born in 2028, the Year of the Monkey, are traditionally described as sharp, curious, and inventive. With the Earth element added, stability, patience, and practicality are emphasised.
The Monkey is traditionally most compatible with the Rat, Dragon, Snake.
Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 2028, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Goat (the 2027 sign). If your birthday is in late January or early February, enter your full date of birth in the Age Calculator to confirm your exact sign.
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